Refilled-bottle detector.



No. 732,592. Y PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903.

\ H. v. SCOTT.

RBPILLED BOTTLE DETECTOR.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 26, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

Patented June e0, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HORACE V. SCOTT, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

REFlLLED-BOTTLE DETECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,592, dated June 30, 1903 Application filed March 25, 1903- Serial No. 149,507. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE V. Soorr, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Refilled-Bottle Detectors; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and ex-' act description of the same.

My invention relates to a device which is designed to expose the refilling of bottles.

Itconsists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of parts which I will hereinafter describe and claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a bottle, showing my invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the casing or cover. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. Fig. 4 is a front view of the lettered plate with the cover removed. Fig. 5 is a side View of the same. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail showing a part of the bottle-neck with the stopper in position.

It is desirable to prevent the surreptitious filling of bottles or packages containing certain well-known and popular classes of goods, and many devices have been constructed having for their object the prevention of refilling the bottles.

My invention is designed to expose the refilling of bottles if it takes place.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, A represents a bottle of any description.

2 is a plate which is preferably made, as

shown, of a folded sheet of aluminium stamped with the word Refilled or equivalent character. The bight or fold of this sheet may be fixed to the bottle by suitablytwisted or other wires 3,the ends of which may be cast into the bottle or connected with a flat piece, ring, or loop 4, which will be blown into the glass when the bottle is made, thus preventing the removal of the plate 2.

5 is a hollow or box-shaped piece madeopen at the lower end and so made as to slip over the ends of the part 2 when they have been closed together. The normal condition of the parts 2 is to separate by reason of the clasticity of the metal, as shown in Fig. 5. These parts being closed together and the outer casing 5 being slipped over the closed parts, the letters or characters marked upon the parts 2 will be concealed from view. This is barbs 8 of the wires 7and seated, and the barbs will then engage the sides ot'the cork,

so that whenever the cork is removed it will draw the casing 5 otffrcm the fixed marked portion 2, so that the releasedends wlll immediately separate, and the words or characters indicating that the'bottl'e has once been emptied will be exposed. It will not be possible thereafter to restore the parts to their normal condition, and thus anyrefilling of the bottle will be exposed at once. ,Having thus described my invention, wha I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1 A device for indicating thatabottle has been opened, consisting of a plate permanently connected with the bottle in process of blowing the latter, said plate having words or characters marked thereon, an inclosing sheath fitting said plate, a stopper, and connections between said sheath and the stopper of the bottle whereby the sheath will be removed and the marked plate exposed when the bottle is opened.

2. A device for indicating that a bottle has been opened consisting of a folded elastic plate, the free ends of which will separate when released, said plate having words or characters maiiked thereon to indicate that the bottle has been opened, a sheath adapted to inclose said plate when the ends have been pressed together and to conceal the characters thereon, a stopper, and connections between said sheath and the bottle -stopper whereby the removal of the latter withdraws the sheath and exposes the marked plate.

3. A device for indicating that a bottle has been opened or refilled consisting of a folded elastic plate, the free ends of which will separate when released, and upon which plate indicating marks or characters are permanently I formed, connections between the bight of member movable relative to the first-named memberand normallyconcealing said descriptive matter; a stopper; and means connecting the stopper with the second-named member for effecting the withdrawal of said second member with the cork and thereby exposing the descriptive matter of the first named member. a

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HORACE V. SCOTT. Witnesses:

S. II. NoURsn, JESSIE C. BRODIE. 

